Measuring and dispensing receptacle



April 6,1926. 1,579,390 w, H. PEADEN I MEASURING AND DISPENSING RECEPTACLE Filed March 14, 1925 Patented Apr. .6, 192$.

UNITED STATES PATENT QF FICE.

WILLIAM H. PEADEN, OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR ONE-EIGHTH TO W. Y. TEN'NYSON, F SALINA, OKLAHOMA.

\ MEASURING AND DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.

Application filed March 14, 1925. Serial No. 16,571.

To all whom a may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PEADEN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Grapevine, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Measuring and Dispensing Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to dispensing receptacles, and particularly to receptacles for dispensing thick and viscous oils, such as lubricating oils, which are used for filling crank cases and for use with automobile parts.

Today lubricating oils are dispensed usually from filling stations and there is considerable delay at filling stations due to the difiiculty of getting lubricating oil to pass readily from the container into the crank case, taking oftentimes five minutes for the oil to run from the container into the crank case, and even then some'of the oilwill remain within the can and not be entirely delivered.

The object of the present invention is to provide a dispensing vessel of this character so arranged that graduated amounts of lubricating oil may be discharged therefrom as desired, and to provide means whereby this vessel may be readily filled with lubrieating oil and the lubricating oil may be discharged by means of compressed air so as to secure a rapid discharge of the oil.

5 A further object is to provide a device of i this character in which an air tank is provided attached to the container and forming part thereof, and in which the air may be compressedfrom time to time, and pro-. vide a valve whereby theinterior of the vessel maybe vented to the outside air so as to permit the vessel to be readily filled or this vent closed and communication with the compressed air tank established so as to in the other direction, will permit the vessel to be emptied.

Other objects will ap ar in the course of the following desoriptlon.

permit the compressed air to force the oil vessel tobe filled and which, when operated My invention is illustrated in the panying drawing, wherein v Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view partly in elevation of a dispensing can constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary section on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Referring to this drawing, it will be seen that 10 designates a cylindrical glass container designed under ordinary circumstances to contain a gallon of oil. This container rests upon a base 11 which is so formed as to constitute a compressed air tank, the space within whichthe compressed air is contained being designated 12. The wall of this base is cylindrical as regards this part but flares downwardly so as to accom- 5 form a basal portion 13 which will not be readily knocked over.

The upper portion-0f the container 10 is closed by a head 14. The base 11 and the head 14 are each formed with an annular flange or seat 15 within which the upper and lower edges of the glass container 10 fit. A packing or gasket 16 is disposed withineach of the seats for the end of the glass container to rest against and to form' an oil-tight joint between the seat and the glass container 10. The base and the head 14 are held against the ends of the glass container by means of bolts 17.

The head 14 is formed at its center with an opening 18 having a downwardly extending neck, and operating in conjunction with this .neck is a valve 19 which is mounted upon a stem 20. The base 11 carries'upon it the downwardly conical bottoin 21 for the container 10,the center of this bottom being provided with an openin discharging into a duct 22 which is forme preferably in an integral extension 23 of the bottom 21. I i

do not wish to be limited, however, to this method of constructing this part. c

The lower end of the rod 20 carries upon it a valve 24 which seats within the seat formed at the mouth of the duct 22, and this pass from the air space 12 into the upper portion of the container, I provide the upwardly extending pipe 28 opening at its lower end into the air space 12 and at its upper end being open. Immediately above the upper end of this pipe 28 is a vent 29 which registers with the pipe 28. Extending through this vent 29 and the upper end of the pipe 28 is a valve rod 30 which carries upon it the double valves 31 and 32. When these valves are raised the valve 32 closes the lower end of the vent 29 and the valve 31 opens the compressed air pipe 28. \Vhen the valve rod 30 is lowered it closes the pipe 28 and opens the vent. The valves are held in their lowered position by means of a spring 33 which urges the valves downward. The upper end of the valve stem or rod 30 is provided with a lever 34 pivoted upon a bracket 35. This lever 34 is d sposed just above the handle 36, which at ts lower end is attached to the base and at its upper end is attached to the cover 14, this bracket being supported on the cover. Any other suitable means for mounting this handle 36 or the bracket 35 may be provided.

The air tank or reservoir 12 is formed in its side wall with a nipple 37 which is exteriorly screw-threaded whereby air may be forced by means of the usual air pump into the air reservoir, this nipple being constructed in the same manner as the valves used on inner tubes and, therefore, requiring no special description, the valve being such as to open when the air pump pipe is connected thereto and close automatically when the air pump pipe is disconnected therefrom.

The operation of this device will be obvious from what has gone before, Vhen it is desired to fill the container the oil is allowed to flow into the filling opening 18, the valve 19 being, of course, held depressed by the action of the spring 25, and the air within the container passing out through the vent opening 29. Assuming that air has been pumpedinto the air chamber 11, it follows that when it is desired to dispense oil it is only necessary to insert the mouth of the spout 27 into the crank case or other part to be filled and then to press downward on the lever 34, this being accomplished, of course, while the hand is engaglng the handle 36. The compressed air then passes up through pipe 28 into the upper portion of the container. At the same time the rod 20 is lifted, thus closing the inlet opening by means of valve 19 and the compressed air Will force the oil outward and downward. through the duct 22 to the spout 27.

There are two features to which attention is plarticularly called. One is that the oil wit in this container is practically entirely enclosed at all times so that dirt dust and foreign matter cannot fall into the oil. A

large percentage of the dirt which gets into the bearings of an automobile is due to the fact that lubricating oil is often poured out into the cans and left standing so that the dust of the street passes into the lubricating oil. This is entirely avoided by having the lubricating oil within what is practically a closed container. The second feature is that the bottom 21 of the container is downwardly conical or hopper-shaped so that all the oil will pass off and there will be no danger of air blowing through the oil and passing into the crank case and blowing the oil out therefrom.

It is to be noted that the glass container or jar 10 is to be provided along its length with graduation marks indicating at the top a quart, then a halt gallon, then threequarters of a gallon, and then a gallon, so that when the level of oil falls to the proper indicating mark, a quarter, half, threequarters or a gallon will have been discharged. The object of having the valve 19 is to close the filling opening 18 when the oil is being discharged to prevent the outlet of compressed air.

I claim 1. A dispensing container of the character described comprising an oil container, a compressed air reservoir forming part of the oil container, a duct leading from the bottom of the oil container and having a discharge spout, a top for the oil container having a filling aperture, a valve resiliently urged to a position to stop discharge through said duct, a valve adapted to close the filling opening when the discharge valve is raised, a duct communicating between the compressed air reservoir and the upper portion of the container, and a valve normally closing said duct and havin manually operable means whereby it may Te opened.

2. A dispensing container of the char-' acter described comprising an oil container, a compressed air reservoir forming part of the oil container, a duct leading from the bottom of the oil container and having a discharge spout, a top for the oil container having a filling aperture, a valve resiliently urged to a position to stop discharge through said duct, a valve adapted to close the filling opening when the discharge valve is raised, a duct communicating between the compressed air reservoir and the upper portion of the container, a handle projecting from the side of the dispensing container, a valve normally closing the outlet from said duct, and a lever for operating said valve extending over the handle.

3. A dispensing container of the character described comprising a hollow base portion constituting an air chamber, a container of transparent material mounted upon the base portion, the base portion having a downwardly conical bottom for the conan oil-tight joint between the three parts,

er, a cover for-the container, means clamp ing the cover and the base portion against the ends of the container whereby to secure means communicatively connecting the upper portion of the container with the air chamber, a valve normally preventing discharge through said duct, a valve normally preventing the discharge of air into the upper portion of the container, means whereby both of these, valves may be raised, and means whereby air may be permitted to enter the u per portion of the container when the va ves are lowered.

4. A measuring and dispensing vessel of the character described comprising a base formed to provide an air chamber, the top of said air chamber being downwardly conical and having a central discharge opening and there being a discharge duct leading therefrom a glass container mounted upon this base, a cover mounted upon the glass container, means holding the cover and container and the base in oil-tight engagement with each other, the cover having a central filling opening, a valve disposed within the container and yieldingly urged to a closed position which, when lifted, permits the discharge of the contents of the container, a pipe leading upward from the air space into the upper portion of the con tainer, a vent disposed immediately above and in line with the upper end of this pipe, a valve disposed between the end of the vent and the end of the pipe, a lever disposed exteriorly to the vessel and operatively engaged with the valve stem, means urging the valve to its seat against the air pipe, and a handle whereby the vessel may be carried, the valve lever-being disposed just above said operating handle.

5. A dispensing vessel of the character described comprising a base formed to provide a compressed air chamber, a container mounted upor the base for transportation therewith and having a cover, the container having a discharge opening in its bottom, a filling opening in the top of the container, a discharge duct leading from the discharge opening of the container, means in'one position closing the discharge outlet of the container but manually shiftable to a position to permit the outlet through the discharge opening, a pipe leading from the air chamber into the upper portion of the container, a vent pipe in the top of the container, and manually operable means for closing said vent and simultaneously opening passage through the compressed air pipe or closing passage through the compressed air pipe .and simultaneously opening the vent, said means being normally urged to a position to close the compressed air pipe.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my signature.

WILLIAM H. PEADEN, I 

